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The better-than-expected Caixin services PMI reading for July only partly makes up for the weakness in the rest of the survey data. The big picture is still that economic momentum looks to have cooled further last month, largely due to domestic weakness in manufacturing and construction. Given the lack of stimulus signals from the latest Politburo meeting we see little reason to expect any economic recovery during the second half of this year.
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